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Birchington

Birchington-on-Sea is a village within north east Kent, England. It is a part of the Thanet district and a part of the civil parish of Birchington. It sits on the coast facing the North Sea, east of the Thames Estuary, between the seaside resorts of Herne Bay and Margate. As a seaside resort, the village is a tourist and retirement destination. The village's Minnis Bay is a family beach with attractions including sailing, windsurfing, a paddling pool and coastal walking routes. Its 3 smaller beaches are surrounded by chalk cliffs, cliff stacks and caves. The village was first recorded in 1240. Its parish church, All Saints', dates to the 13th century and its churchyard is the burial location of the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Quex Park, a local nineteenth century manor house, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum as well as a twelve-bell tower built for change ringing. The museum features a considerable collection of stuffed exotic animals collected by Major Percy Powell-Cotton on his travels in Africa, and also houses artifacts found in and around Birchington by his daughter, Antoinette Powell-Cotton, a keen archaeologist. In the 2011 census, the village had 10,000 residents and 5,000 households. As a seaside resort, the village's economy is based around tourism, with numerous hotels, caravan parks and leisure attractions. The sector of employment of residents in 2011 was 16.1 per cent retail, 17.2% health and social work, 5.8 per cent manufacturing, 9.6 per cent construction, 4.9 per cent transport and storage, and 4.3 per cent hotels and restaurants. The village shopping centre attracts walk-in trade from visitors to the area. For all your house improvement work, make certain that you use trusted specialists in Birchington-on-Sea to make sure you get a good quality service.